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G. M. HATHAWAY. CIGAR. WRAPPING MACHINE.

No, 424,883. Patented Aprfl, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE M. HATl-IAIVAY, OF NET/V YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR-WRAPPING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,883, dated April 1,1890. Application filed May 2 8, 1889- serial No. 312,382- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. HATHAWAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, county of New York, State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inCigar-\Vrapping.Machines, of which the following is so full, clear, andexact a description as will enable others skilled in the art to which myinvention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of myimproved device. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same.Fig. 3 is a detail end view of a portion of the drum and adjustableholder. Fig. 4 is a perspective of my improved pastecup. Fig. 5 is afront view of a portion of the machine, showing rollers for regulatingthe tension of the belt M.

The object of my invention is to provide a cigar-wrapper-rolling machinewherein the endless belt of the machine may be readily removed andreplaced in the shortest possible time with the least expense ofmechanical and physical force and the least complexity of machinery.

Another object of my invention is to provide a paste-cup which by reasonof its location in the machine and of the peculiar shape of the platewhich extends upon and partly over the paste-cup admirably adapts it foruse in this connection, as will be hereinafter explained; and stillanother object of my invention is to provide an adjustable holder whichwill efiectually hold the cigar in place without liability of injury tothe holder or the cigar during the process of wrapping.

The objects, generally, of my invention are to provide a device by theuse of which a cigar can be quickly and easily wrapped with the leasttrouble and the least liability of damage to the cigar, the wrapper, andthe wrappingmachine.

In the accompanying drawings, A designates a bed-plate, to the lowerside of which are cast hangers B B, in the lower portions of which isjournaled a shaft 0, which is provided with the usual fiy-wheel D andcrank and wrist-pin E. The shaft is provided about centrally with a pairof hangers F F, between which is mounted a serrated wheel G, aroundwhich runs a belt H. This belt 1-1 is provided with a pair oftension-rollers a a and is adapted to pass up around a second pair ofrollers Z) l), which rollers b b are mounted in the bed-plate at such anelevation as to bring the top of the belt about parallel with the top ofthe bedplate. Between these two rollers b b is a third pair of rollers cc, which are slightly depressed, giving the belt a slight incline towardthe center. By the use of such a construction the top belt moves alongsubstantially or approximately parallel with the top of the bed-plate,and the wrapper has simply to be placed where it will come in contactwith the top of the belt, and the latter will carry it along under thecigar, and the wrapping begins. Above the bedplateis a second serratedwheel I, aroundwhich passes a second endless belt J, the lower por-'tion of which belt J passes over the adjustable tension-rollers d d.This upper serrated wheel I is incased within a separable drum K, thesections K K of which are secured together by bolts 6, which areprovided at each side of the drum. The shaft L, upon which is mountedthe upper roller I,is provided at its opposite end with a grooved pulleyM, over which passes a circular belt M, which extends down and passesaround a second pulley M thus serving as a means of communicating motionfrom the shaft'C to the shaft L and the intermediate mechanism. To theouter portion of the shaft L, and'between the drum K and the groovedpulley M, stands a vertical post N, the lower end of which is formed Tshape, and is provided with two downwardly-extending vertical rods 1) b.The vertical rods 1) b are provided with coiled springs h h, the ends ofwhich impinge against the ends 0 0 of the hangers I I and the ends ofthe cross-bar P, respectively, the purpose of which springs will behereinafter set forth.

The cross-bar P is perforated at p p, and through these perforationsextend the lower ends of the vertical rods 1) b", and the crossbar P isheld in position against displacement by the nuts q q. The centralportion of this cross-bar P is provided with a kneesocket Q, which canbe vertically adjusted by means of the screw-threaded bolt R, andadapted to be locked in position by the setnut S. The front portion ofthe drum K is provided with a vertically-adjustable holder 0, whichholder is provided with two rollers s s, which rollers are mounted uponprojecting bars a slight distance apart and extending horizontallyparallel with the top of the bed-plate A. The rollers s s are slightlybeveled toward the center, which causes them to adapt themselves to thecontour of the cigar. This holder 0 can be vertically adjusted by meansof a set-screw O and a slotf in the holder. Just in front of the centralopening A in the bed-plate A is a paste-cup B. This cup R is providedwith a plate S, which extends horizontally from the top of said cup,

and is formed with a groove or depression 0', which tapers from itscentral portion toward the end. of the plate at the cup, or, in otherwords, said groove is made in the shape of a cigar which it is adaptedto receive. This plate S is formed above the cup with an opening S whichgives access to the interior of said cup. The portion of theplatesurrounding this opening S is curved to correspond to the shape of thefingers, as shown at n a, between which port-ions is a projection in.This paste-cup is to be filled with paste to a sulficient depth to bringthe paste within easy reach of the operator, and by reason of itspeculiar shape the finger of the operator may be readily put into thepaste and be brought up around the end of the cigar, forming a completeand smooth finish to the cigar without moving the same from the plate.The belt M is provided with two yielding :lTriction-rollers M M whichare peripherally grooved to receive said belt on.

Many of the important features of this device will be found fullydescribed and shown in my application for cigar-wrapper-rollin gmachines, tiled February 25, 1889, and bearing the Serial No. 301,078.

The ad j ustable stop A is horizontally adjustable, and is adapted to belocked in place by a set-screw a. y This will enable the operator toadjust the stop a to any length cigar.

The operation of my machine is as follows: Motion given to the shaft Cwill be transmitted to the shaft L, which carries the serrated wheel I,which operates the endless belt I. The lower belt II is operated in likemanner by the serrated wheel G on the lower shaft (L. It will be noticedthat the serrated wheel I will impart rotary motion to the endless beltJ in the same direction with the mot-ion imparted to the continuous beltll'by the serrated wheel G. Thus the lower belt advances in onedirection, with its upper surface moving across the opening A in thebed-plate A, and the upper belt advances in the same direction, with itslower surface moving across the line of the opening A in an oppositedirection. By this means a substantially stationary rotary motion willbe imparted to a cigar when one is placed between the twooperating-surfaces of the belts, and the operator can so hold a wrapperthat it will wrap a cigar with great evenness and precision. \Vhen thecigar is completed by the operator pasting the wrapper thereon, it isremoved from the machine by the operator raising the upper portion ofthe wrapper-rolling mechanism, or that portion which is located abovethe bed-plate A, a suflicient distance to permit the withdrawal of thecigar, which is accomplished by an upward pressure on the knee-socket Q.Anothercigaris then placed in proper position in the machine and thewrapper properly located and held, the upward pressure of the socket Qis removed, which socket, together with the upper portion of thewrapper-rolling mechanism, is forced downward by the springs it intoposition to operate on the cigar.

Having described the objects, uses, and advantages of my device, what Idesire to secure by Letters Patent, and what I therefore claim, is

1. In a cigar-wrapper-rollingmachine, the combination, with the endlesstraveling wrapping-belts located one above the other and means foroperating the same, of an adj ustable holder carrying friction-rollers,each of which is of a contour to adapt it to the shape of the cigar.

2. Inv a eigar-wrapper-rolli n g machine, endless traveling beltslocated one above the other and means for operating the same, incombination with an adjustable holder having rollers adapted to pressupon the cigar being wrapped.

In a cigar-wrapper-rolling machine, a main bed-plate, endless travelingbelts, and means for operating said belts, in combination with apaste-cup secured to said bodplate, said paste-cup being provided with aplate formed with a depression r, adapted to receive the cigar andformed with an opening S having curved wallsn a and a projection 7.:between said curved walls, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a cigarwrapper-rolling machine, a main bed-plate, endlesstraveling wrappingbelts located one above the other, and means foroperating said belts, in combination with a drum inclosing the upperportion of the wrapper-r01ling mechanism and composed of separablesection s, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a eigar-wrapper-rolling machine, a main bed-plate having anopening, endless belts supported above and below said bedplate, andmeans for operating said belts, in combination with rollers 12, mountedin the bed-plate, rollers 0, supported slightly below said rollers I,and tension-rollers (Z, adjustably supported above said rollers l) andc, all sub stantially as shown, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE M. llAllI/UVAY.

lVitnesses:

J. (.l. .llAYDEN, (J. E. Ham-nan.

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